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It’s been an eventful week for dealers across the nation. With the recent CDK cyber attacks, dealerships are forced to process deals using pen and paper. Negotiations continue, but no sure end has been confirmed.

How is your dealership dealing with the CDK outage?

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Despite the obvious struggles dealerships have been facing the last week, many of those who are still out there engaging with their community and enjoying the summer.

Time to put on a happy face and find the silver lining!

❤️ Toyota of Bowie and Toyota Certified at Capital Plaza proudly support the Special Olympics Maryland team and its incredible athletes!

🏅 | @spolympicsmd

Ourisman Cars is honored to sponsor and participate in HEROES, Inc.'s 53rd Annual Golf Tournament! ⛳️ HEROES Inc. supports the spouses and children of law enforcement officers and firefighters who gave their lives in the line of duty to the greater Washington, D.C. community. What a great day for a great cause! 💙
@heroes_dmv

Say hi to Isabelle, the Frenchie! 🐾 It’s national bring your dog to work day and we are excited to share Christopher brought one of his pups to say hi to our team and customers!

Thank you to everyone who came out for #PITTCREW’S Summer Showcase! Even bigger thank you to our amazing sponsors and vendors who we couldn’t have done this without! We had a blast

The Man Behind the CDK Global Cyber Attacks

A cybercrime gang known as BlackSuit has been identified as the alleged CDK system hackers. The man pictured above is Semyuel Hydeski, their leader and individual responsible for the terrors affecting over 15,000 dealerships across the US.

Click below to learn more about BlackSuit and the attack

Who Wants Donuts??

Seriously, RADD is driving around MD delivering donuts to your order. Just last week we paid JBA Chevrolet, Bob Bell Hyundai, and Bob Bell Ford a sweet visit and the staff was stoked!

What are you waiting for? You’re one email away from 2 dozen FREE donuts at your doorstep!

Here it is: [email protected]

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